CJ Logistics said on the 3rd that it successfully carried out a defense logistics project to transport two T-50i training fighter jets manufactured by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to Indonesia.

CJ Logistics loads the fuselage of a T-50i trainer fighter onto a freighter at Incheon Airport for shipment to Indonesia. The aircraft is transported disassembled into four key components—fuselage, wings, vertical tail, and engine—and reassembled on site after delivery. /Courtesy of CJ Logistics

The trainers, weighing a total of 30 tons (t), were shipped from Sacheon, South Gyeongsang, and moved to an Indonesian Air Force base after a complex logistics process that included domestic inland transport, air transport, and local customs clearance and delivery.

The trainers were divided into four parts—fuselage, wings, vertical tail, and engine—were transported by land and air, and then reassembled at the destination. Considering Indonesia's tropical climate, waterproof covers tailored to each component were also prepared.

CJ Logistics said the trainers have large fuselage structures and complex electronic equipment, making them items that require advanced defense logistics capabilities, and noted that maintaining the airframe's load distribution and center of gravity is particularly important.

CJ Logistics conducted a road survey tailored to the oversized cargo measuring 13 meters in length and 4.8 meters in height to precisely design the transport system, successfully completing the trainer transport project without incident.

To prevent the cargo from colliding with bridges, signs, and other structures during inland transport, it analyzed structure heights and turning radii in advance, and worked with its Indonesian affiliate to comprehensively verify local road conditions before proceeding with the transport.

The flight route also could be restricted from passing through the airspace of stopover countries depending on the cargo's characteristics and the purpose of transport, so the company analyzed the likelihood of overflight approvals by country and designed an optimal route passing through four countries for the shipment.

Jang Young-ho, head of CJ Logistics' Global Division 1, said, "We have been successfully carrying out high-difficulty defense logistics with an end-to-end (E2E) logistics system that handles the entire process from origin to destination," and added, "We will further elevate our status as Korea's leading global integrated logistics company."

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